EPTive played some games and i was getting the hang of it and its pretty fun but heres my question...
whats a good racket (raquet) for a beginner? whats a good brand for a racket
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OhThatDang
United States4685 Posts
ive played some games and i was getting the hang of it and its pretty fun but heres my question... whats a good racket (raquet) for a beginner? whats a good brand for a racket | ||
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BigBalls
United States5354 Posts
I was pretty good, played in a bunch of USTA events and other random tournaments. I was always a prince guy with my racket, started out with it and was too stubborn to change | ||
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BigBalls
United States5354 Posts
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OhThatDang
United States4685 Posts
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SurG
Russian Federation798 Posts
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OhThatDang
United States4685 Posts
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PoP
France15446 Posts
It's a great sport anyway, fun and (very) technical. On the other hand, it's the kind of sport where you tend to often get little (and sometimes bigger) injuries to your arms, or even your hands. | ||
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BigBalls
United States5354 Posts
I attribute a lot of my success in baseball to tennis. I had extremely strong and quick wrists. Back in high school I was pretty wiry but I hit the shit out of the ball. It also is very physically trying, i love the constant action. I would love to start playing again, havent played competitively in 8 years or so. I think i'll take it up this spring again | ||
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SCFraser
Canada1534 Posts
Wilson hypercarbon series are good rackets.. Ive used a Head ti-s5 for a couple of years.. but now i think its too light - bad for service return tl.net tennis tourney?? ill host, u guys come to vancouver. | ||
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SCFraser
Canada1534 Posts
On December 09 2004 22:25 OhThatDang wrote: hmmm how much does a good racket cost nowadays anyways? u can get a decent racket for $50-80 canadian.. top of the line is around $200-230 | ||
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KillerPenguin
United States516 Posts
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SCFraser
Canada1534 Posts
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OhThatDang
United States4685 Posts
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shizuru
Japan570 Posts
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Capulet
Canada686 Posts
On December 10 2004 08:51 BigBalls wrote: It's a great great sport I attribute a lot of my success in baseball to tennis. I had extremely strong and quick wrists. Back in high school I was pretty wiry but I hit the shit out of the ball. It also is very physically trying, i love the constant action. I would love to start playing again, havent played competitively in 8 years or so. I think i'll take it up this spring again I thought tennis was more of an arm sport rather than wrists... Edit: Nvm... serves... | ||
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BigBalls
United States5354 Posts
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itzme_petey
United States1400 Posts
. I play tennis for the school team and its pretty fun to hit balls around for a class period. I suggest you get a recreational racket from prince, they make some good ones like ThunderCloud. Buying a really good racket right now would be a waste of money and most likely you wont be able to use it to the full potential. | ||
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soundwave
United States363 Posts
On December 10 2004 19:45 Okita wrote: I thought tennis was more of an arm sport rather than wrists... Edit: Nvm... serves... actually tennis is more like 1 - head 2 - legs .... .... .... 3 - back 4 - shoulders 5 - wrists .... .... .... ... ... 6 arms otherwise I wouldn't be able to hit 100 mph serves (my arms are very thin). Legs and position of the legs represent more than 50% of your tennis. Agassi's old Head TI Radical is a good racket to get started I strongly recommend it to you, because it's very friendly when hitting from the baseline and with an appropiate string tension say 60-62 pounds, you'll gain fast control of your strokes. If you buy a shitty racket you'll have plenty of problems controlling the ball thus will get frustrated and maybe abandon the sport. | ||
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OhThatDang
United States4685 Posts
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BigBalls
United States5354 Posts
i tried playing last year, i had some trouble hitting forehands (which is kinda weird), for some reason it felt a little unnatural after 6 years of not playing and only playing baseball. the backhand was fine and so was the serve, so i just kinda served and volleyed my way through a few games | ||
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AmazingFlash
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Errol
Canada102 Posts
On December 10 2004 20:15 BigBalls wrote: its all wrist, forearms and legs If you keep hitting like that you're going to mess up your wrist, though by the sounds of it you don't play much so should be alright. Power's from the body not the arm. I'd not get a crappy low end racket since you want to be sure all the mistakes are yours, and I'd not get one of the stinking huge head rackets where you just have to stick out your arm and it blasts it. The latter are much too forgiving and while you'll probably see improvements faster it may not mean proper technique. As long as you have proper technique then it doesn't matter what racket you use but it's getting the technique that's the problem~ I use a $180 racket but it's like 6 years old, one before was $70 and it did just as good a job as this one ^_^ Edit: I love tennis like no other! | ||
Smurg
Australia3818 Posts
I play Friday night competitions and I also get coaching on Monday. I used to play a lot more, but now It's more relaxed owing to the fact I'm in my final year of school. This morning I played against 12, 11 and 10 year olds, the kind that will be Professionals one day. Man they are so good....:O | ||
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Errol
Canada102 Posts
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Smurg
Australia3818 Posts
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BigBalls
United States5354 Posts
this is a bit embarassing but when i was 12 i entered this 14-16 tourney (non usta), my coach recommended me and some other people who normally wouldnt be in it because we were good enough, including a girl named crystal. The matches were 7 game prosets, so im facing crystal first and im thinking hah, i might do pretty well here, i even get to play a girl. this was no ordinary girl, she was fucking SICK. she made me work for that 3-4 loss. Afterwards i found out she was from australia and her father was a former top 20 player in the world. About 2 years later when i was a freshman in high school, i decided to check the tennis stuff out in the paper, see if any of the people i had been playing earlier were doing well. Sure enough,there was crystal, first state singles champion of new jersey, rofl. that loss to her was one of the contributing factors of me choosing baseball over tennis.. | ||
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soundwave
United States363 Posts
Today I'm graduated and play tennis in clubs for fun. I don't regret my choice. | ||
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loztdignity
Sweden176 Posts
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EntiTy.
United States80 Posts
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OhThatDang
United States4685 Posts
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Orome
Switzerland11984 Posts
On December 10 2004 11:32 SCFraser wrote: u can get a decent racket for $50-80 canadian.. top of the line is around $200-230 Is canadian $ different from us $? Because if it isn't O_O A top of the line racket costs ~500 american $ here | ||
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Orome
Switzerland11984 Posts
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cAtAcLySmIc
United States552 Posts
On December 12 2004 09:22 OhThatDang wrote: are babolat rackets good for beginners? Babolat racquets I would say are for players that are more advanced and have more experience, I would go with one of the Head Ti series or Intelligence series. | ||
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soundwave
United States363 Posts
Buy Agassi's old Head TI Radical | ||
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cAtAcLySmIc
United States552 Posts
On December 12 2004 12:11 soundwave wrote: Babolat are for advanced players. Buy Agassi's old Head TI Radical Yeah I agree, that racket gives lots more spin on the ball which will help you keep it in more often since you are just beginning. | ||
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TL-[Riddler]
Netherlands104 Posts
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itzme_petey
United States1400 Posts
On December 12 2004 15:02 cAtAcLySmIc wrote: Yeah I agree, that racket gives lots more spin on the ball which will help you keep it in more often since you are just beginning. Depends on how you hit the ball, rackets are relative (when you are a beginer). | ||
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soundwave
United States363 Posts
I can give a beginner my Wilson Pro Staff 6.0 85 sq.in and he would only hit well one ball out of 10 with forehand.... 0 out of 10 with backhand... and I can put money on the table for this. | ||
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TheEarthIsFlat
United States54 Posts
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SCFraser
Canada1534 Posts
On December 11 2004 07:52 soundwave wrote: I lost on the semifinals of the 1995 Orange bowl, and that made me pick studies instead of a tennis career. Tennis is very very very competitive and if you don't do good you'll get stuck forever. Today I'm graduated and play tennis in clubs for fun. I don't regret my choice. You made the semis of the orange bowl?!? Thats sick... good chance u coulda gone pro... you musta been a 5.5 or 6.. some kid that lives near me just lost in the orange bowl finals at age 16.. I'm about a 4.0.. still using a Ti S5 though. Think I should move to a heavier racket? and im playing at like 57 lbs tension.. can u give me a quick tension explanation cause ive heard different things.. and power from your back? maybe on the serve but.. i duno about groundstrokes.. then again my wrist IS messed up from returning serves. | ||
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SCFraser
Canada1534 Posts
On December 12 2004 11:52 Orome wrote: Is canadian $ different from us $? Because if it isn't O_O A top of the line racket costs ~500 american $ here I've never seen a racket anywhere close to that expensive here... in US dollars they wouldnt go over $200 | ||
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Jockmcplop
United Kingdom9915 Posts
A wildcard through to the Wimbledon semi finals for the first time since 2001. That was when Ivanisovic won the whole tournament. Is this the year for British sports? | ||
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